Sunday, November 27, 2016

Chicago Railroad Security Officer Gunned Down privateofficer.com

CHICAGO IL NOV 27 2016 A manhunt was underway late
Saturday in suburban Harvey after a security officer at the Canadian National
Railway was fatally shot, officials said.

Sean Howard, spokesman for Harvey, said the incident
began about 6:30 p.m. Saturday with a call to police from a woman who reported
her vehicle was stolen in Harvey. Driving a neighbor's car, the woman was
following the man who had taken her car.

Howard said the woman did not know the man who took
her car, and it appears to be a random incident.

As police, with their emergency lights on, began
following the stolen car, the driver crashed in the area of 159th Street and
Park Avenue in Harvey.

At that point, the man got out of the stolen car and
began running on top of a viaduct, which leads to an area belonging to the
Canadian National Railway.

The man came into contact with a security officer
and shot him several times in the abdomen, Howard said. The security guard was
taken to Advocate South Suburban Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Patrick Waldron, spokesman for the Canadian National
Railway, said the officer worked at the facility as a third-party contract
security officer and was not directly employed by the railway.

After allegedly shooting the security officer, the
man got on a railroad vehicle that was attached to tracks and headed south,
Howard said. Around 171st Street, he got out of that vehicle and continued to
run away from officials.

As of 10 p.m., Howard said the man was still on the
run. He was described as a black man, medium build who was wearing blue jeans
and a black sweatshirt.

Multiple police agencies are also searching nearby
communities such as Markham and East Hazel Crest.

Howard said officers do not believe anyone else is
working with the man wanted by police. The wanted man is considered to be armed
and dangerous.

NOTE: This is the third security officer killed this
week-end thus far.